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. 2021 Nov 1:1:100001.
doi: 10.1016/j.dadr.2021.100001. eCollection 2021 Dec.

Towards a framework for implementing physician education in substance use disorders

Jan Klimas  1 , Rita McCracken  1 , Roy Robertson  2 , Walter Cullen  3
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Towards a framework for implementing physician education in substance use disorders

Jan Klimas et al. Drug Alcohol Depend Rep. .

Abstract

•Substance use education is inadequate despite the urgent need to equip health care professionals to effectively treat substance use disorders.•Ineffective timing of substance use education within the timeline of medical training contributes to a lack of knowledge and negative attitudes.•The imminent implementation or scaling up of the various training initiatives calls for an urgent examination of their methods from a contextual perspective.

Keywords: Health professions education; Implementation; Priority setting; Substance-related disorders.

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